Xingyi in london?

[NafAnal]

Can anybody recommend a good xingyi teacher around central london? a list would be very much appreciated...

ta very much.

[NafAnal]

ttt

[Wong Ying Home]

There is not really any good Hsing Yi around London

[NafAnal]

consarn it

[Kristoffer]

check out some Pakua, heard that there are some good kwoons in London.. So I've heard anyway

[NafAnal]

I think i've got a xingyi mentality.

HELP... xingyi anyone?

[Colin]

There is some good XingYiQuan in London(east), you just gotta know where to look!

I'll email you the details of the people I mentioned.

speak soon

Colin.......

[NafAnal]

Thanks, not sure if my e-mail address is up though, can you private message me? thanks very much

[Wong Ying Home]

Like I said there is not much good Hsing Yi in London !

[Colin]

Well yep I suppose you're right!
There are not many good XingYiQuan Instructors in London.
There's not much bad XingYiQuan either!
In fact it took me a while just to track any down!

An interesting Instructor has got to be Master Paul Whitrod from Chow Gar SPM.
I've no details about his experience of XingYi only that it's mentioned on his web site, but i'm sure if his SPM is anything to go by then it should be pretty good!

Nafanal, i'll email you privately with the other details.

regards
Colin..............

[Wong Ying Home]

Colin,

Paul Whitrod learned his Hsing Yi from Master Ji Jian Cheng of Zhejiang Province China.

Your dead right his SPM very very good indeed.

Who else do you reccomend in London for Hsing Yi ?

[NafAnal]

My teacher be pretty good, only he's buggering off overseas for the next couple of months :mad:

[Wong Ying Home]

NafAnal,

who do you learn Hsing Yi from ?

[Water Dragon]

If you like Hsing Yi, you'll like Southern Mantis too. I have also heard that Whitrod has a good rep.

[NafAnal]

MY teacher is actually a natural boxer. His name's Alex Kozma- don't know if you've heard of him. He advised focussing on one of the three internals at first to learn the body mechanics of the internal. I chose xingyi, but i gather a lot of the two man drills we do are natural boxing influenced.

I'm kinda lookin for another teacher while he's away to keep my progress goin' strong. Not sure if he'd mind.... :eek:

[Colin]

Hi Nafanal,

How about this guy.

Patrick Nagel. Teaches in East Ham, E6.
He does classes in Tai Chi, Bagua & Xing Yi.
I've got his phone no. but rather than post it i'll pm you with it.

Apart from that theres only one other that I know of, and he doesn't teach publicly.

I'll be going to see Sifu Nagel hopefully to check out his stuff soon.

regards
Colin..................

[Wong Ying Home]

Yup I know of Alex Kozma

[NafAnal]

read his book? or met/ trained with him?

[Kristoffer]

I think that if u like hsing-i then u will like pakua :D just remember that it's better to find a GREAT teacher in any style,, than a so-so teacher in the style that u want to train in!! good luck, I hope u find what u are looking for.

[Kristoffer]

wow, did I just make sense?? :rolleyes: :D

[Colin]

Here's another!

San Ling Wushu College
3 New College Parade,
Finchley Rd,
Swiss Cottage
London_North_West
NW3 2EP

Taijiquan, Shaolin Gongfu, Xingyiquan, Ba Gua Zhang, Qigong

Phone: 020 7722 9808

Branch/ Instructor: Wen Linjun and Huang Pin(Shifus)

regards
Colin......

[NafAnal]

Wow that's almost right on me doorstep. cheers very much.

[Colin]

Nafanal,
I popped up to see Sifu patrick Nagel the other night to check out his Xing Yi class.

I trained with them for nearly 3 hours, and i am very impressed.
Sifu Nagel has what can only be described as high level skills.
He has been training since 1968. Starting of with Bagua then Xing Yi and Taiji (yang & Chen styles).
If you get the chance to, go see him he's very approachable, and we had a nice chat after the lesson.

I will definately be going to train with him again, either to further my Xing Yi or maybe even to get some Bagua.

Let me know what the school in Swiss cottage is like.

regards
Colin...................

[NafAnal]

Will do, thanks for the help.....